What would be an ultimate package for web development on linux.
Like on windows photoshop+flash+php+dreamweaver is generally used.
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"ultimate packages’ depend on your desires. Zend Studio is probably the
best PHP/HTML IDE I’ve used, and it runs on Linux as well as windows.
Flash is something I never use (it should not be used for regular content
and the places it may be used I don’t care about) so I don’t know much on
that side. The Gimp is installed automatically on most distros including
everything SUSE that is made to be a workstation (vs. a server). There
are a few hundred other graphics programs out there if needed and many run
on Linux as well as windows, but it depends on your needs. PHP doesn’t
make much sense on a workstation unless you have the interpreter there
just to validate the syntax of your PHP files but Zend Studio does that
automatically for you.
Good luck.
nipunreddevil wrote:
> What would be an ultimate package for web development on linux.
> Like on windows photoshop+flash+php+dreamweaver is generally used.
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Since I am not a web developer the only information I could give you is some of the similar tools in Linux to the ones that you mention:
Photoshop = Gimp (GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program)
PHP + Dreamweaver = Quanta Plus (Quanta Plus Home)
For Flash development I do not have any information on Linux, please note that the equal does not mean that it works exactly the same and with this information I am not telling you that these are the only tools on linux to develop web apps/pages.
lol!
I’d second the vote for Quanta Plus.
**Photoshop: **The gimp (There is a ‘save for web’ or something like that plugin in the repositories as well. Although I just use the normal way to save files and leave the file size optimising to Smush.it™)
Dreamweaver : Eclipse (see repositories) + Aptana Studio plugin
*You first need to install the aptana studio plugin which gets you HTML/CSS syntax highlighting/smart menu etc and a new welcome screen.
From the welcome screen you can install the PHP plugin
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Flash… don’t think there is any free alternative.
LAMP would be the most common.
As mentioned Gimp for images. Quanta Plus is a great web page editor.
Quanta is nice, for a lot of my editing I have been useing eclipse or Quanta.
As for flash, if you understand action script on the adobe labs there is the alpha version of flex, and you can skip the flex MXML BS and make flash via action script in it, im not too certin if it has drawing tools though, and if they take it down, the flex console tools and compiler should still be availble, and you can compile flash that way also. Past that there hasnt been any good headway on getting the adobe flash editor to run correctly in wine, or getting an open flash editor, and honestly, if you can, avoid it… flash and action script are plagues that should be purged from the earth with fire. trys to not sound like a gnu zelot but has a real distain for action script and how adobe handles flash
I use netbeans for php&html develop. I think its very nice ide
So would I but alas it’s a KDE 3.5 application and distinctly unhappy in KDE 4.x, with little prospect of being ported any time soon. Looks like Kompozer, development of which has recently resumed, is now the best option.
I feel NetBeans6.5 is best for web developement using php. There are some KwebDevelopement tools collection (Quanta included)(Much similar to frontpage) are also there. And for image editing, definitely GIMP is the best. So you may go for NetBeans6.5+GIMP.
BTW, I don’t think flash is a good option for web pages, it makes the pages beautiful, but limited, m/c-s those don’t have flash plugin can’t access the page fully. So better option is dynamic event driven design. :)]
gminnerup wrote:
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> yu210148;2027613 Wrote:
>> I’d second the vote for Quanta Plus.
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> So would I but alas it’s a KDE 3.5 application and distinctly unhappy
> in KDE 4.x, with little prospect of being ported any time soon. Looks
> like Kompozer, development of which has recently resumed, is now the
> best option.
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Eeep. Really not looking forward to going to 4.x. Got quit used to quanta.
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kev.
Kevin Lucas wrote:
> Eeep. Really not looking forward to going to 4.x. Got quit used to
> quanta.
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That should be ‘quite’ not ‘quit’. 
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kev.
I have been a web developer for over 10 years and have used some of the best software available. flash 4 is a great program and some of the hottest sites were created using this program, flash 4 is now available for linux and i am working on some ideas to bring dreamweaver to the table. I have dreamweaver MX now using wine but there are some small issues that need to be worked on. open office is ok but could use some fixing,quanta is ok for a small project and komposer is just as good as quanta, but if you really want the power to build great sites i suggest dreamweaver with wine for now. the MX is the best choice with full functions and you can export your builds to linux with it…
I like Netbeans, which has evolved into a very versatile,powerful IDE for web development. Not only can you develop Java web and enterprise applications, you can also develop PHP and Rails applications as well.
Make no mistake, Netbeans is NOT a web development studio along the same lines as Dreamweaver. But you could probably leverage Netbeans with a third party, open source web development studio. You may also want to check out the latest plugins for Netbeans to see what they offer in web development.
I used to work mainly in Dreamweaver CS3, with small jobs being done when in Linux using Quanta or Kompozer. I’ve now installed Aptana Studio and I must say that, if the first few days are anything to go by, I’ll hardly need Dreamweaver now. PHP, Javascript, and HTML are easy enough in Aptana. It doesn’t have an internal preview for quick-and-dirty WYSIWYG editing, but then again Dreamweaver has it only on paper as it falls over at the slightes mention of CSS design. In fact Quanta and Kompozer render CSS-styled pages a hundred times more reliably than Dreamweaver.
But sure, I’ll probably miss something about Dreamweaver soon, so anyone wanting to port it to Linux is most welcome 